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In typical fashion, the Germans spoiled the party. Come May 25, 2013, the English Football Association was due to celebrate a hundred and fifty years of incompetence, sorry existence, with the crowning glory of the second Champions League final in Wembley in three years. Football was coming home and with an English team defending their [...]

World Cup qualifying resumes for Germany this week with back to back fixtures against Kazakhstan.  Alongside resuming their journey to Brazil, the next couple of games may also signal a significant tactical shift in the team’s development.  For the first time in over a 100 years, Germany could line up without a recognized striker in [...]

What looked like a done deal and three points for the German national team in Berlin Tuesday evening turned out to be quite a different affair, as Sweden came back from a 4-0 deficit to stun the Germans and share a point in a 4-4 draw.  Germany’s 4-0 lead amazingly evaporated over the last 30 [...]

Having dismantled Saudi Arabia in their opening group game in Sapporo, Germany headed south to Ibraki to take on the Republic of Ireland, a team that had in past tournaments proved to be a tough nut to crack for many more highly-rated sides. Unsurprisingly, Nationaltrainer Rudi Völler would stick with the same lineup that had started against [...]

Germany have yet to beat Italy at a major tournament so not only will they have to set a new historic precedent to reach the final but they will have to do it against a team that has been improving as the tournament progressed. Like they say though, records are meant to be broken and [...]

Germany reached the semifinals for the fourth major tournament in a row after an impressive offensive performance against Greece. To most people’s surprise, Löw made several changes to his team that ultimately proved decisive against a very defensive Greece. With their win Germany also set a new world record of fifteen consecutive competitive wins. Lineups [...]

Germany won its fifteenth consecutive international match Friday in Poland, defeating Greece 4-2, to join Portugal in advancing to the semifinal stage of the 2012 Euros.  The Germans will play the winner of Sunday’s England-Italy matchup next Thursday. German Coach Jogi Löw made three changes to his starting lineup, bringing on Miroslav Klose, Marco Reus and André [...]

The depth in Jogi Löw’s depth squad is truly outstanding, which in any major tournament is imperative and could be the key to winning Germany’s first international trophy in nearly two decades. Croatia, Spain, England, Greece and France have all had injury problems in the lead up to Euro 2012, or in their opening game. [...]

It’s the big question. Possibly Joachim Löw’s biggest decision in terms of selection, it is also the choice which generates the most intense debate among fans. Does Mario Gómez, FC Bayern München’s goal machine, lead the line for Germany at Euro 2012, or does the old head Miroslav Klose, who scored nine goals in six games in qualification [...]

Following Germany’s last EURO preparation match against Israel in Leipzig on Thursday, the German Football Association’s (DFB) delegation visited the former Auschwitz concentration camp in honor and remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. You can find the original article on DFB.de here. In silent commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust, DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach [...]